The Results of Laboratory Studies of the Device for Evaluation of Suitability of Potato Tubers for Mechanized Harvestingстатья
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Аннотация:The purpose of this study is to substantiate the concept of a device for the evaluation of
the suitability of varieties and hybrids of potato tubers for mechanical harvesting from the earliest
stages of the selection process and to perform quantitative and structural assessment of damage
to potato varieties and hybrids inflicted by the device, simulating the process of the harvester’s
separating element operation depending on the machine type and harvesting conditions. The
structural and operating diagram of the device for the evaluation of suitability of varieties and
hybrids for mechanized harvesting has been developed, and the procedure and results of the study
to determine the force action of the separating surface of the developed device on the potato tubers
are presented. The device developed in accordance with the proposed conceptual scheme, further
calibrated to account for modern potato harvesters would make it possible to conduct targeted
selection of varieties suitable for mechanized cultivation, as well as to assess the degree of resistance
of potato varieties to mechanized harvesting at early stages of selective and seed production works.